She pressed her lips together and completely ignored their teasing, staring stubbornly at the sand instead. But their whispers only grew louder.
"Ignore us all you want," Mo Ruyin teased. "Your ears are red."
"I am not listening," Yue Yue muttered.
Lian Xin leaned closer. "That is exactly what someone in love would say."
Yue Yue could not take it anymore.
She quickly picked up the basket and started stuffing pastries into their hands.
"Stop talking and eat!" she said firmly. "If your mouths are full, you will not gossip."
The girls burst into giggles.
"Alright, alright!" Sha Li laughed as she took a bite.
Soon, soft sighs of satisfaction replaced the teasing.
"It is so good…"
"This is delicious!"
Yue Yue stared at the pastry in her hand with disbelief. She had never eaten something like this before. In the primitive beast world, such delicate food did not exist.
"I read the recipe in a book from the palace caretaker," Yue Yue explained softly. "I just wanted to try."
